GUINEA-BISSAU VS NEW ZEALAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW ZEALAND		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,105	5	907	+ 1,198
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,253	34	69	+ 1,184
Stroke	3	983	6	829	+ 153
Lung Cancers	4	774	50	18	+ 756
Lung Disease	5	750	20	191	+ 559
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	618	38	50	+ 568
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	380	2	1,390	- 1,009
Diabetes Mellitus	8	318	14	313	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	9	305	42	41	+ 265
Breast Cancer	10	304	29	93	+ 212
Falls	11	259	33	71	+ 188
Skin Cancers	12	253	52	17	+ 235
Lymphomas	13	251	45	28	+ 224
Pancreas Cancer	14	224	54	14	+ 211
Suicide	15	218	26	134	+ 84
Road Traffic Accidents	16	189	10	619	- 430
Kidney Disease	17	178	15	268	- 89
Leukemia	18	162	61	6	+ 155
Parkinson's Disease	19	146	46	27	+ 119
Hypertension	20	135	21	177	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	21	134	18	221	- 87
Stomach Cancer	22	133	36	55	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	23	129	37	53	+ 77
Liver Cancer	24	119	28	116	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	25	115	49	19	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	26	110	51	17	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	27	101	65	2	+ 99
Other Injuries	28	90	17	234	- 144
Ovary Cancer	29	85	48	19	+ 66
Congenital Anomalies	30	73	12	373	- 301
Oral Cancer	31	68	56	13	+ 55
Liver Disease	32	65	11	405	- 340
Uterin Cancer	33	60	59	8	+ 51
Skin Disease	34	49	53	16	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	47	43	33	+ 13
Asthma	36	37	24	150	- 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	33	4	913	- 880
Low Birth Weight	38	32	8	705	- 672
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	29	32	77	- 48
Drug Use	40	29	55	13	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	41	25	23	154	- 129
Violence	42	24	22	173	- 149
Epilepsy	43	23	39	48	- 26
Drownings	44	22	30	89	- 67
Alcohol	45	21	57	12	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	19	67	2	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	47	18	64	2	+ 16
Hepatitis C	48	12	63	3	+ 10
Osteoarthritis	49	10	80	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	9	81	0	+ 9
Anemia	51	7	86	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	52	7	3	1,387	- 1,380
Fires	53	7	35	64	- 57
Birth Trauma	54	6	7	790	- 784
Malnutrition	55	6	27	121	- 115
Hepatitis B	56	6	47	20	- 15
HIV/AIDS	57	4	1	1,445	- 1,441
Poisonings	58	4	41	45	- 41
Meningitis	59	4	16	258	- 255
Schizophrenia	60	3	84	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	2	60	7	- 5
Maternal Conditions	63	2	13	333	- 331
Upper Respiratory	64	2	66	2	- 1
Pertussis	65	0	19	212	- 212
Encephalitis	66	0	58	10	- 10
Otitis Media	67	0	71	0	+ 0
War	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	69	0	40	48	- 48
Syphilis	70	0	31	85	- 85
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	62	4	- 4
Schistosomiasis	77	0	44	30	- 30
Malaria	78	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	80	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	82	0	25	147	- 147
Diphtheria	83	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

New Zealand

Guinea-Bissau

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.